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rTorrent BitTorrent client

Language: C++

Tremc: Curses Interface for Transmission | Dec 2022

I know it's not quite the same thing but I started using rtorrent[0] a very long time ago and it still works well for my needs.

Is there anyone who has used both who can comment on the pros and cons?

[0] https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent

Transmission torrent client ported to C++ | Sep 2021

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I've been using aria2c for some multithreaded HTTP downloading stuff recently. I surprisingly found it to get bottlenecked on a single core.

For torrents, I tend to just use rtorrent, which has worked perfectly for me for probably 15 years now. https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent. Nice, fast, doesn't seem to use many resources to get the job done.

Ask HN: Best Command-Line Applications? | Nov 2018

subliminal: https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal

great tool for downloading subtitles, sadly it seems unmaintained and sometimes fails to work

rtorrent: https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent

my preferred way to download ISOs of Linux distributions

And a +1 for some that were already mentioned: tig, ripgrep, htop, midnight commander

BitTorrent Is Now Part of TRON | Jul 2018

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I'm a fan of client-daemon architecture, such as Tmux/Screen and IRC bouncers.

With that in mind I can recommend Tmux/Screen + rtorrent (daemon, ncurses) [1] + flood (WebUI) [2] for if you don't have CLI. Works well in Docker.

[1] https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent

[2] https://github.com/jfurrow/flood

The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) | Feb 2018

rtorrent https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent

Plain text, runs in a terminal (which means screen or tmux allows for remote, headless, operation).

No ads, just torrenting.

The BitTorrent Protocol Specification v2 | Aug 2017

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Take a look at rtorrent: https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent

It fits the efficient, small memory-footprint and no ads requirements. "Full Featured" is subjective as it depends upon what you consider "Full Featured".